Fastener for stair carpets and the like



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C. E. JOHNSON I FASTENER'FOR STAIR CARPETS AND THE LIKE Filed Sept. 5, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 0N VE N TOR.: dr/as [f'nz-:f To/:nson

A T TO R N EY Patented Feb. lt, l

cHARLEs 'ERNEST JorINsoN, or HALE, ENGLAND.

FASTENER FOR STAIR CARETS AND TLEIE LIKE.

i Application filed September 3, 1924. Sera-1 No. 735,538.

T0 all fui/mm may concern.: l

Be it known that l, CHM-:Lne EnNns'r JoHNsoN, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Hale, in the county of Chester, Fingland, have invented new and useful improvements in Fasteners foi` Stair Carpets and the like, of which the following is a specilication.

The invention relates to improvements in or relating to fasteners for stair-carpets and the like and has for its object to provide improved means for securely holding down a stair-carpet or thelike in position and at the same time dispensing with the awkward and inconvenient stair-rods at`present in use.

For this purpose I employ a metal plate or strip preferably having a flange along one edge thereof and said plate or strip is adapted to lie upon the stair-carpet upon the tread of the stair, adjacent the edge thereof, the flange, where one is employed, embracing the eXtreme edge of the staircarpet and said plate or strip is provided with a spike or spikes or the like upon its underside adapted to pierce the carpet and enter a suitable socket or sockets or the like sunk into the tread of the stair-case.

Hinged or otherwise pivotally connected to the inner end of said metal plate or strip and adapted to stand vertically against the riser or vertical portion of the stair case is a metal plate having formed integral therewith a base-plate which is adapted to be inserted between the carpet and said riser a spike or spikes or the like upon said base-plate being inserted into a suitable socket or sockets or the like sunk into the riser, in such manner as to clamp the carpet in position.

By employing a device constructed as hereinbefore described at either side of the carpet upon each tread of the stair-case the carpet is firmly held in position, and when it is desired to remove the carpet it is merely necessary to raise the horizontal metal plate until the spike or spikes or the like is or are withdrawn from the carpet and to eX- tract the carpet from between the vertical metal plate and the base-plate, at each side, when the carpet is free to be removed.

To put the device into operation the base plate or strip is inserted underneath the edge of the carpet upon the tread of the stair in such manner that the top plate overlaps the carpet.

rlhe spikes or tags are then pressed 'down through'the carpet, through the holes or perforations in the' baseA plate, and into rthe -wood of the stair tread, thus firmly holding` the carpet in position upon the tread.I

Attached to or formed integral with the outer end of the base plate is a lug or plate and carried by'said lug or plate is a spike or tag by means ofwhich the device may be more firmly secured to the wood of the stair tread. y

Pivotally connected to theinner end of the base plate of the device is anotherI plate which 'is also provided with a fixing lug or spike as hereinbefore Y described and adapted to stand in a vertical positionY and to clamp or press down the edge of the car` pet upon the riser or vertical portion of the staircase.

As a modification the plate and clip hereinbefore described adapted to fix the carpet upon the riser may be dispensed with and there may be substituted therefor a plate or strip of identical construction to that above'described with reference to the tread of the stair.

And in order that the said invention may be more clearly understood and readily carried into effect I will now proceed aided by the accompanying drawings more fully to describe the same.

Figure l is a plan of a stair tread having a pair of fasteners constructed according to the present invention applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a front view thereof partly in section.

Figure 3 is a section taken on the line A-B of Figure 2. o

Figure t is a perspective view of the device separately.

Referring to the drawings-l represents a metal plate or strip having a flange 2 formed along one edge thereof, and at a suitable position upon the underside of said plate l is provided a spike or the like 3 at right angles thereto for the purpose hereinafter described.

Pivoted or hinged to the inner end of said plate l is another and similar plate l having a base-plate 5 formed integral therewith, and said base-plate 5 is also provided with a spike or the like 6 at right angles thereto upon its underside.

The arrangement of the device is such that when put intov operation, the plate l will lie upon the carpet which ,is represented by the numerals 7,*the flange 2 embracing the extreme edge thereof when the spike or the like 3 is pushed through the carpet into a suitable metal socket 8 sunk in the tread 9 of the stair, While the plate 4; is adapted to stand in a vertical position and to clamp or press down the edge of the carpet 7 upon the riser or vertical portion 10 of the stair case, the carpet being held between the plate t and the base-plate 5, When the spike or the like 6 is inserted into a socket 11, similar to the socket 8 of the tread, sunk in the riser 10.

By employing aV device constructed as above described at either side of the carpet 7 upon each treadv 9 the carpet 7 is firmly held in position upon the stair-case, all that is necessary when it 4is desired'to remove d carpet 7 being to raise the plate 1 until the spike or the like 3 is Withdrawn from the carpet on the tread and to extract the carpet 7 from between the plate 4 and thefbaseplate 5 at each side of the riser of the stair.

Iii' desired, When constructing the device for fixing very heavy carpets, more than one spike or the like may be provided inl the plate l and the base-plate 5 a corresponding number of sockets in the treads and risers being provided also for their reception.

It will be understood that the upper surface of the plate or strip l which is spiked into the edge of the carpet upon the tread oi the stair case may be roughened or covered ,vithany form of non-slip material or the like in order to avoid the risk of accidents caused by persons slipping thereon and the details of constructionv of the device may be otherwise modified Without departing from the principle of the invention.

lVhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A fastener for stair carpets and the like comprising a metal strip having a longitudinal flange adapted to embrace the extreme edge of the carpet7 another plate pivotally connected to one end of said first plate7 a basefplate connected therewith by means of a web, a spike carried by the first mentioned plate and said base plate and a socket in the tread and riser for the reception ont said spikes, substantially as herein described.

In testimony whereof I. have signed my name to this specification.

CHARLES ERNEST JOHNSON. f 

